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Lindstrom could be back with White Sox soon

5/19/14: Matt Lindstrom fields the bunt and is unable to make the play after appearing to injure his ankle, leaving the game shortly after

By Scott Merkin
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MLB.com |

SEATTLE -- Reports about the injury rehab assignment for veteran reliever Matt Lindstrom have been positive, despite the fact that he allowed four runs on three hits and two walks over two-thirds of an inning for Triple-A Charlotte on Thursday night. Manager Robin Ventura believes Lindstrom could be back within the next week but said he doesn't know if Lindstrom's left ankle, in which a tendon sheath was surgically repaired, is "quite right yet."

"When you are throwing, you are just trying to make sure everything is right when he comes off, and he's confident enough," Ventura said. "Not only pitching, but you have to be able to cover first. [The injury] happened to him coming off the mound, so you have to make sure he's feeling strong enough to be able to do all that kind of stuff.

"In Cleveland he thought he felt pretty good until he started doing comebackers. Then you could tell he wasn't quite right."

Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.